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Congratulations to the 15 Military to Medicine participants who started work this month!

Inova Health System, our program partner in Northern Virginia, hired seven in roles ranging from Computer Physician Order Entry (CPOE) trainer, a Registered Nurse, a Radiology Tech, and Medical Administrator. The remaining eight were hired across the country in Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, New York and Washington, DC. Among that group were Physicians, Healthcare Administration positions and Registration Clerks. Military to Medicine helps members from the military family find healthcare work. Our August hires represented transitioning service members, war wounded, veterans, National Guard and Reserve, as well as military spouses who are affiliated with the following military bases: Andrews, Bolling, Fort Belvoir, Fort Benning, Fort Drum, Fort Gordon, Fort Huachuca, Fort Lee, Maxwell-Gunter, Quantico and Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Each month Military to Medicine averages about 10 new hires from our program. We wanted to share the good news and plan to share more regularly. Military to Medicine is committed to helping military families find careers in healthcare. If you are looking to start a healthcare career, Military to Medicine offers training that leads to entry-level healthcare positions. If you have healthcare experience, post your resume in our Career Center that connects you to a job board full of current, open healthcare positions across the country. If you are a military spouse or member and have questions, check out our Web site or email our Customer Support team or call at 703.208.5974.
If you are an Organization, Installation or Military Services Program, or business please e-mail communityservices@militarytomedicine.org or you may also call or e-mail Kristina Saul her information is below.

We want to share that we have 3 Military Spouses who were just hired as “Proofers” with a Medical Transcription Company working from their homes. This company is also one of Military to Medicine’s newest partners.

If you need resume help please contact your nearest Installation Family Center. If you do not have an installation nearby and need resume help please e-mail us at: communityservices@militarytomedicine.org and we will have someone get back to you for help.

Last week, Military to Medicine’s Executive Director Daniel Nichols issued a membership challenge to his outreach team. “Who could drive the most members to the Military to Medicine social community on Ning – the outreach team or him?”

With June 30 as the deadline the two-person outreach team, military spouses working from their homes in Texas and Georgia, were more than happy to accept the challenge. Armed with little more than laptops, the Internet and their personal connections gained from a combined 40 years as military spouses, Outreach Specialists Kristina Saul and Colleen Saffron are up to the test, but need your help.

“My goal every day is the same, spread the word to military spouses, war wounded and their caregivers, Veterans, National Guard, Reserve and their spouses as well as transitioning service members about the opportunities Military to Medicine offers ,” Saul said. Mother to a special needs child and a Navy husband she is geographically separated from, Saul knows personally the unique challenges the military spouse faces in finding a good job and maintaining it despite frequent moves and deployment schedules. “’The boss’ challenge just fired me up to make sure we showed him who had the most “reach,” she said.

Military to Medicine, a not for profit national military service organization, provides online healthcare training and career opportunities from a growing network of healthcare employer partners. Whether you are new to healthcare or you have prior healthcare experience, Military to Medicine can help you get on a path to employment. Checking out the course catalog or the job board located on its Web site is a great first step.

Nichols, a Chaplain in the Navy Reserve, has seen firsthand how deployment and service impact military families and their career options. He first started the Military to Medicine program as a recruitment initiative for Inova Health System in Falls Church, VA, in 2008. Following the success Inova experienced, in April 2010 Inova launched the Military to Medicine program nationally. The program simply seeks to train and place talent found from within the extended military family into healthcare positions nationwide. In brief – the program is changing the lives of military families nationwide. About the challenge with his outreach team, Nichols simply stated, “Game on!”

For Saul, Saffron and Nichols, pride is on the line. For folks who join the community, there’s an iPad at stake! Once you join the social community on Ning, members have the opportunity to participate in the “Photograph the Military to Medicine Logo” competition where the winner will receive an iPad. To learn more about the competition, you need to go to the Ning site.
“I just love to win,” stated Saffron. “I firmly believe if you can’t join them – then beat them!” she said as she went right to work at a local outreach event telling military spouses about Military to Medicine.

Military to Medicine is a program of Inova Health System. Inova Health System is a not-for-profit healthcare system based in Northern Virginia that consists of hospitals and other health services, including emergency- and urgent-care centers, home care, nursing homes, mental health and blood donor services, and wellness classes. Governed by a voluntary board of community members, Inova’s mission is to improve the health of the diverse community it serves through excellence in patient care, education and research. Inova provides a healthy environment for its patients, families, visitors, staff and physicians by prohibiting tobacco use on its campuses.

I found this on a blog site today- To all my sister spouses- thank you for what you do!!

The Military Spouse
~author unknown~
There he stands in camouflage….yet he cannot hide from you.
You can pick him out in a crowd, and can eye his stride among a formation.
There he goes, away from you again, off to do his part and be his best,
leaving you in his wake – never “behind” yet always longing for his return.
There you are, amidst boxes and paper and confusion, creating a home, designing a household, transforming a building into a loving, nurturing, comfortable environment. Memories will be made here. Events will be celebrated. Children will be born, graduate, grow, change. Your family will evolve. Your love will increase. Your marriage will improve. And you will then be asked to leave it all…again.
There are those who do not understand… Who cannot comprehend, what it takes to fulfill your role, to fill your shoes, to be all that you need to be.
They marvel at times.Criticize at others.Seldom appreciate.Cannot imagine.
There are those moments, when you are where they are. When you marvel, criticize, lack comprehension, and are unable to muster understanding. And then he appears at the door, or on the phone, or through a rumpled letter addressed to “my love” and suddenly there is comprehension, and understanding, affirmation and conviction.
For by his presence, through his voice, in his message you KNOW that you’ve been beckoned to a noble calling, when asked to be a military spouse.
Invited to support a soldier who allows freedom, who guards democracy, who instills leadership. And in your role you see a slice of life that few others have the privilege to experience…
– flags appear more brilliant to you…- parades draw out more emotion for you…
– a patriotic song is a musical message played just for you…
– a hand-over-the-heart is as stirring as an embrace for you…
– a parting kiss can hold you for months…
– a welcome-back embrace can fill you up from lonely months…
– a gravemarker is a stark reminder of the meaning of devotion…
– a tear shared is a stark statement on the meaning of sacrifice…
– a duffle bag on a baggage claim gives you pause and connection…
– an eagle’s soar gives you inspiration.There you are…The military spouse.
The one asked to be strong.The one willing to belong.
The one who is often required to do it all.
The very one who is privileged to stand beside a true American – day in and day out.
How God has blessed us.How He has rewarded us.
There are military spouses around the world, beside soldiers, airmen, marines and sailors. They share a bond, a unity and a duty- to be there, always for their hero.
There.Said.Done.Deserved.There are no better…anywhere.